The Warner sun. (Warner, Brown Co., Dakota [S.D.]) 1885-1???, 1887-07-29
industrial l,reyIties.

AHuuSIrlat treVitleS.
The culture of flax was formerly one
OF the most important industries Of
Chill, and the government now propos-
es to facilitate it by the introduction Of
the best modern appliances for prepar-
ing the flax for spinning. With this
object in view. the Chilian government
has decreed the opening of a special
international exhibition of machinery
adapted to separating the fax from
the fiber, stem and leaves of the flax
plant, and has offered prize of 81, 900
for the machine which shall be decided
by the jury of awards to be opened
Nov |. 1887, ut the agricultural expert
mental garden. in Santiago, the capital
of Chill, under the auspices of the Soc
iety for Industrial Improvement.
Ducks are not subject to many dis
| eases and usually thrive well If they can
have plenty to eat and clean place to
stay in nights, with little water for
! bathing. During the laying season
they should be confined nights. aud
not let out until after theY have lad
their eggs, which they will usually do
before 8 O'clock Ii allowed to run
out they are apt to drop their eggs
wherever they are at the time, be ii on
land or in the water. and seem TO want
no regular nest untA the are nearly
ready for setting The duck is not
good mother, taking but little care Of
her ducklings, and often inclined to
to kill those which are not her own.
The people of S IBERIA buy their milk
frozen, and for convenience it is allow
ed 10 freeze about a stick, which comes
as handle to carrx it by The milk
man leaves one chunk or two chunks.
as the case may be, at the houses of
his customers The children in
Irkutsk, instead of crying for drink
of milk. cry for bite of milk. The
people there in the winter time do not
say, "be careful not to spill the milk
Broken milk is better than spilled milk.
though. because there Is an oppor-
tunity to save the pieces.
a Minnesota farmer gives the fol-
lowing directions for making death
on gophers: Take small bottle OF
strychnine and pulYerize Il, mixing ii
with half pint of grease, fried out or
the best breakfast bacon. Put this
mixture into five or six quarts of corn
and stir until every grain Is. thoroughly
gseased over. Strew these savory kerr
nels three or four feet apart around
the entire field on the edge Of the pIow-
ing. The gophers generally barrow
in the unbroken sod near by. They
smell the bacon and get the poison im-
mediately. and continue to come to the
feast until until 81 aallI are qnieted
A device for reducing and atomizing
sulphur by the application Of steam sf
heated air has been invented. The sui
phur, III crud OF any suitable form is
=pat in funnelshaped hopper or rece-
iver, around the exterior of which is
fitted Il jacket into which steam is ad-
mitted from a boiler. The steam is
preferably .dmitted at the upper end
of the iac.-et, and the lower end Is con-
nected with the bo Ter by pipe, so that
Sths water of condensation will bc re-
turned to the boiler without other
mechanism.
Screws that are too small for sepa-
rate treatment may be cleaned from
rust as follows: Take pound ot
screws and place them in a small box,
a cigar box W II do; put small guam
tity ofol on them and shake for 4
minute; then put a pieoe Of cotton waste
In the box. and repeat for minute;
finally put i handful Of saw dust ii the
box. and shake for apothsr minute "
SO. and remove the sawslustbY sitting
it from the screws lIl 4 hile eve. The
screws will come outlweIl cIeaned.
When young trees are not kept well
muIched il viii pay 70 keep the surface
of the soil stirred making { tine and
mellow. This applies especially 10 the
next two moaths What WI want To
secure Is strong. healthy growth. 50
that the wood will have plenty Of time
10 harden before freezing weather sets
IA. "A certain degree of moisture Is
also essential to the llfe Of tho tree, aaa
when muIching Is not gone, this c,AA
only be secured through thorough
working Of the soil.
When working among the trees and
plants ii is a good plan to keep d pcun-l
mo knife convenient and whenever
limb or branch is growing wrong o. In
wrong place it should be cut out In
this way trees may be kept In good